diff --git a/test/parallel/test-http-agent-maxsockets.js b/test/parallel/test-http-agent-maxsockets.js
index 66fffba250513f..4d422f4a90b4f9 100644
--- a/test/parallel/test-http-agent-maxsockets.js
+++ b/test/parallel/test-http-agent-maxsockets.js
@@ -15,6 +15,8 @@ const server = http.createServer(common.mustCall((req, res) => {
   res.end('hello world');
 }, 2));
 
+server.keepAliveTimeout = 0;
+
 function get(path, callback) {
   return http.get({
     host: 'localhost',